The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
1:41 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2758
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 67.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 6.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.51° / -1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.98° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.